The Passage
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My name is Amy Belafonte, the young protagonist ofThe Passagesays early in the series first episode.
This is how the world ends.
Its an attention-getting line.
Between the two, to be as vague as possible, stuff happens.
Its breathless and intriguing, if a bit modestly scaled.
Not that it doesnt have those.
A disease contracted after being bitten by a man said to be 250 years old.
A disease thats left him with a thirst for blood.
That kind of disease.
One is a neo-Nazi.
Another, named Babcock (Brianne Howey), looks perfectly normal, apart from her soulless stare.
What is compelling, however, is happening miles away from the vampire action at least for now.
Project Noah obtains its subjects, we learn, with the help of federal agents.
After all, hes working for the greater good.
The best moments of the pilot belong to Gosselaar and Saniyya Sidney, the promising young actress playing Amy.
Their escape attempt gives the series title its first, if not final, meaning.
Its going to be okay, Brad tells Amy after they flee a gun battle.
Credited to two directors, Jason Ensler and Marcos Siega, its the second pass at a first episode.
Siega directed the first version.
This final version keeps some of that and adds new scenes and characters.
Amy likesA Wrinkle in TimeandBobs Burgers, which makes me like her even more already.
The blood troughs are a nice detail.
This episode makes effective use of both Fleetwood Mac and Valerie June, neither being traditional vampire music.
Hopefully subsequent episodes will continue this trend.
one character exclaims, in case you forgot you were watching a series on a broadcast connection.
Im not sure thats what Bolivia looks like.
